Maharaja Ram Singh
Kaiser-i-Hind
The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (o ...
(1873 – 1929) was the ruling Maharaja of
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
Bharatpur (1893–1900) and successor of
Maharaja Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh Rathore (26 December 1626 – 28 December 1678) was a Maharaja of Marwar in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan. He was a distinguished man of letters and author of "Siddhant-bodh", "Anand Vilas" and "Bhasa-bhusan".
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His ruling powers were suspended on 10 August 1900 after the murder of one of his personal servants after which he was exiled to
Agra
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He was succeeded by his wife Maharani Girraj Kaur who was regent for her son
Kishan Singh
Lieutenant Colonel Kishen Singh was a former national polo player from India. He was a member of the Indian polo team that won the World Cup in 1954 at Deauville France. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1963. He is from Jodhpur in Rajasthan
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from 27 August 1900 to 28 November 1918 until he came of age.
Early life
He was born at Lohagarh,
Bharatpur on 21 September 1873, as second son of
Maharaja Jashwant Singh
Maharaja Jashwant Singh ( hi, महाराजा जशवन्त सिंह, links=no) (1851-1893) was the ruler of the princely state of Bharatpur from 1853 to 1893 in Rajasthan, India. His successor was Maharaja Ram Singh.
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by his second wife, Maharani Darya Kaur. He succeeded on the death of his father on 12 December 1893. He ascended the ''gadi'' on 25 December 1893.
References
External links
Jashwant Singh at DurbarLaxmi Vilas Palace Bharatpur History
Rulers of Bharatpur state
1873 births
1929 deaths
Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
Jat rulers
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